Overview
The Program
Manager, Communities and Action oversee the GLFx and GLF Youth
global teams to ensure the successful design, planning and delivery of
community-led programs and activities toward the achievement of donors’
deliverables and broad long-term GLF objectives. The Program Manager, Communities
and Action will provide strategic direction and oversight to ensure the
expansion, delivery, and visibility of the GLFx and Youth teams while ensuring
broader alignment across GLF teams, existing and new grant proposals, goals and
strategy as well as the broader CIFOR-ICRAF.
The Program Manager, Communities
and Action will play a critical role in providing oversight particularly in the
strategic development and growth of the GLFx initiative and relevant programs,
50+ GLFx Chapters, annual 5+ Restoration Stewards and the alumni network,
targeted to enabling local actors across the regions of Latin America and the
Caribbeans, Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe. Considering the ambitious
objectives of the GLFx innovation and its strengthening stage, the Program
Manager will ensure internal alignment on key strategic questions, both within
the GLFx team and across the wider organization and innovations, with the
objective of identifying clear processes and approaches for further program
growth and development. At the same time, the Program Manager will provide
guidance on strategic partnerships and collaborations, develop proposals,
manage budgets, and manage donors and key stakeholders’ relationships for
improving GLF’s global role in accelerating action on the ground. The Program
Manager will also oversee the GLF youth program, ensuring its continuous growth
and evolution, partnership with the Youth in Landscapes Initiative’s 4 leading
organizations (a youth network over 1 million), and global leading role in
meaningful youth engagement.
Duties and responsibilities
Strategic development:
- Define
and align a scaling strategy, program documents, reporting processes, and
implementation procedures with GLFx, Youth teams, and coordinators,
resolving any conceptual or operational conflicts
- Resolve
conflicts in program theories, procedures, and regulations to enable
smooth implementation.
- Develop
short-, medium-, and long-term strategies to expand GLF’s action on the
ground in Latin America Country (LAC), Africa, and Asia-Pacific, ensuring
teams meet donor deliverables and GLF strategic goals while remaining
attractive to new donors.
- Ensure
GLFx and Youth programs are fully integrated across GLF channels, events,
activities, and regional priorities, optimizing synergies, resources, and
collaboration with Communications, Events, Regional Coordinators, and the
Global Program Manager.
- Guide
GLFx and Youth Coordinators in maintaining relevance and value for
Chapters and Restoration Stewards in 30+ countries and the 1M+ youth
network, supporting innovation from capacity-building to fundraising
Partnership and growth:
- Develop
funding strategies with GLF management team, to secure long-term support
for GLFx and Youth programs, aligned with other GLF workstreams and
CIFOR-ICRAF priorities.
- Lead
proposal development and fundraising efforts, and maintain strong
relationships with donors and partners to ensure visibility and continued
support.
- Strengthen
collaboration with CIFOR-ICRAF, Charter Members, and global initiatives
such as the Rio Conventions to reinforce GLFx and Youth networks.
Internal alignment and processes:
- In
coordination with the GLF Global Program Manager, co-develop scopes, work
plans, budgets, and timelines for new initiatives with donors and
cross-functional teams.
- Align
GLFx and Youth team activities with the overall GLF strategy, especially
flagship programs such as Landscape Leadership Workshops, Action Summits,
Exchanges, and Voices of the Landscapes.
- Manage
a ~€1.5M annual budget and guide GLFx and Youth Coordinators in
meaningful, objective-based budget planning.
- Recruit
and manage global GLFx and Youth team members, fostering a creative,
positive, and high-performing environment with regular feedback.
Education, knowledge and experience
- Advanced
degree with at least 5 year of experience, preferably in disciplines that
are relevant to one or more of the GLF themes and sustainable development
goals;
- Ability
to produce high quality written content;
- Good
understanding of international development and/or environment policy
processes;
- Proven
experience in planning, implementing and evaluating complex projects;
- Proven
experience in managing a global team and an annual budget over EUR
500,000;
- Proven
experience in working in participatory and bottom-up processes, including
in youth or community-led program development
- Proven
experience in supporting networks and communities growth;
- Fluency
in English is essential.
- Fluency
in Spanish and/or French is an asset.
How to Apply
